Muse - Friday, November 28th

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28th 2008.
WELCOME TO SHOWCASE!













Norman Rockwell, step aside. Illustrator extraordinaire DEANNA STAFFO is here. Not only did she take our favorite 1980's movie stars and turn them into a pack of trading cards [view Misfits of 80's Cinema here], but her illustrations are something so characteristically fresh that we haven't been this artistically excited since The Boy with Baby Carriage cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1916!

Riiiiight...

Our pick is collection "Charcoal Island" in the Fine Art menu of Staffo's website. This is what Big Fish should have been. Staffo has an amazing ability to capture the personalities of all she draws with a whimsical characaturist style and a sense of humor nothing short of honest.

For more on Miss Staffo and to view her work, click here.



If you're living in NORTH AMERICA, TODAY is BUY NOTHING DAY! [except for Deanna Staffo's prints. You can buy those.]
Buy Nothing Day is celebrated INTERNATIONALLY tomorrow.
Take your empty wallet out for a jolly jaunt and let those mothballs fly!

Short on cash for the holiday? The Clever Trevors at Adbusters are issuing everyone with their very own Holiday Gift Exemption Voucher to help celebrate Buy Nothing Christmas. To download yours, click here.



For more on Buy Nothing Day, click here.



It's the last Friday for MOVEMBER and them streets are looking burly!
For all your Movember info, click here.


HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO.

Muse - Friday, November 14th

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14th 2008.
WELCOME TO SHOWCASE!


We're halfway through MOVEMBER & envious of those who can grow beards.
The rest of us have to wear scarves.



Image courtesy of Gehry International, Architects, Inc.


Erm...
We sort of thought the photo would explain that bit.


It's been 2 years since I originally saw the blueprints from Gehry International revealing Toronto-born Frank Gehry's new designs for the AGO. Finally the day to see the design in practice is HERE. TODAY!
If you're in Toronto this weekend, you've got the luck of the draw. The AGO is offering free entry to anyone passing through its doors from November 14th - 16th.
Today is the first day for free public entry - go now!
All the details can be accessed here.

MacLaren McCann Toronto handled the promotional campaign.
For more on MacLaren, click here.
For more on Frank Gehry, click here


Toronto, you so lucky!!
Not only do you get to witness the grand opening of an worldwide architectural gem for FREE, but it's the final weekend for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.
[Contain the joy]

We have to congratulate ZIG Toronto for making this event somewhat exciting:



For more on the Fair, click here.
For more on Zig, click here.

HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO!

Muse - Friday, November 7th

TODAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7th 2008.
WELCOME TO SHOWCASE!











Ladies, calm yourselves.

This is the Remington Hunk, brainchild of Albion London's Liz Moss and Aimee Lewis. He can be your new desktop boyfriend with two clicks of a mouse!
Why go out this evening when Remington Hunk is there for you at home?
He bakes, works out, and -
Quick, break up with your boyfriend! He even breakdances!




Download the Remington Hunk here.
For more on Albion London, click here.






If you're out and about in MANCHESTER this Saturday [November 8th], be sure to check out The Third Manchester Artists’ Book Fair at the Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University. Doors open at 11 AM.

ESPECIALLY check out the collaborative work from Francis Van Maele [Redfoxpress, Ireland] and Kim Hye-Mee [Anticham, Seoul].







View their blog & work here.



HAPPY FRIDAYS TO YOU WITH LOVE FROM TATTOO